Next major to take place in January

11-8-2016 00:59

HLTV.org has learned that the next Valve-supported CS:GO Major will not take place this year, but instead is expected to happen in January 2017.

After three Majors in each of 2014 and 2015, this calendar year will end with ESL One Cologne as its second and last Valve-supported major, HLTV.org has learned.

As is custom in the major selection process, Valve recently asked various tournament organizers to submit their proposal for where and when they could run the tenth CS:GO Major.

SK will remain the only Major champions in 2016

At that point, it was said that they are aiming for January 2017 as a tentative date, which Valve confirmed to HLTV.org.

It is still not determined which tournament organizer and location will be in charge of expanding on the CS:GO legacy, but MLG have already stated they have the stadium ready to repeat this year's Columbus event.

It is also expected for DreamHack to enter the race strongly, as after organizing a Major each of the past 3 years (DH Winter in 2013 and 2014, and DH Cluj in 2015) they will end up empty handed this year. It is rumored that numerous other organizers, such as ELEAGUE, FACEIT, ESL, Starladder, ESWC and possibly more have also submitted their proposals.

Nice!

2016-08-11 00:59

36 replies

enjoy it while it lasts :<

2016-08-11 01:05

18 replies

SK 100% win rate on Majors this year EZ majors EZ life

2016-08-11 06:09

17 replies

They winned just one major..first one this year was winned by luminosity gaming

2016-08-11 08:14

14 replies

ENCE 10000%

2016-08-11 08:19

2 replies

yes

2016-08-11 21:28

Ence won every major they played on... None.

2016-08-12 14:12

Won*

2016-08-11 09:27

6 replies

Nah, it's winned

2016-08-11 10:36

5 replies

Go starladder, go! They do very much to cis cs and good make real good major!

2016-08-11 11:22

1 reply

starladder and majoor ahahhhuheuhhhejuejahahah

2016-08-11 14:09

No bruh, winnered :/

2016-08-11 15:47

2 replies

Nah bruh it's wonnered

2016-08-11 17:21

1 reply

But who forgot Wonnendennod?

2016-08-11 17:47

shots fired

2016-08-11 12:30

2016-08-11 18:35

dont try to minimize their achiviements you dumbass,that such a dumbass answer you know that they won it both majors with the same line up but with diferent orgs.

2016-08-11 23:25

winned bois

2016-08-12 00:39

Still less achivements then Fnatic :) THIS YEER fucking favela

2016-08-11 09:48

Sk only won 1 major in CS:GO, and it was the last as Brazilian favelas scene.

2016-08-11 11:44

inb4 total prizepool of 100k

2016-08-11 01:09

15 replies

I think the reason the major is so late is because they probably want to make the tenth major one to remember so there will be a lot of things better in the next major prob to previous ones e.g. increased prize pool prob :)

2016-08-11 02:01

14 replies

So this year's largest event will be WESG by Alibaba, champion will get 800,000 dollars in December

2016-08-11 04:26

unless they go to crowd-funding and other sources of money for the prize-pool IMO I highly doubt it dude. Follow the journalism and recent reports. All fingers pointing that we wont be seeing the growth like we did in 2015 and early 2016 without gambling driving a big percentage of viewership/sponsor interest. I'm basically saying valve wont be shelling out any more for prize pools and player cuts if they are not getting the same or more money from the event organizers and sponsors. While I think and most agree that CS has the best schedule for its key events with 3 majors spaced out nicely during the year. DOTA has kicked Valve's ass as far as crowd-funding and other innovative ways to create anything to 'remember' let alone more money for the players. Dont get we wrong I love CS and still will after this recent mess but its not looking to hot till all this tension dies down and the scene can recover a little bit

2016-08-11 04:37

3 replies

"DOTA has kicked Valve's ass" valve made dota

2016-08-11 18:37

1 reply

2016-08-11 20:33

And you don't think Valve makes a huge amount of money of keys alone? (Of which they could surely spend more on prize pools.)

2016-08-11 21:00

Jesus christ how old are you haha.. it's valve. They've never made a good competitive game and they dribble at every turn when it comes to competitive gaming on the whole. It's much more likely to be something along the lines of 'We've had 2 500k'ers this year.. that'll do'.

2016-08-11 05:44

8 replies

Yeah mean 2 events with 1m pool? There probably or tons of reasons having the major in early next year Well other than the cons of having in during the small off-season January always had.

2016-08-11 09:05

2 replies

Yup I did. There probably are, still doesn't change the fact dota2 had lower figures for active players and viewers of events before we saw them give it the international/crowd funded event. Just find it strange cs hasn't had the same treatment yet.

2016-08-11 22:51

1 reply

Yeah, its wierd.

2016-08-11 23:04

"They've never made a good competitive game" You mean CS and Dota are not good competitive games? What is then? LoL? The only thing that can be considered superior is Starcraft

2016-08-11 11:39

4 replies

CS was made by Gooseman and Cliffe as a half life mode, valve just taken this idea and clumsily tried to improve it. Dota is also mode to War3, again they stole someones idea and made money on it, even if they have made good product.

2016-08-11 11:55

1 reply

They hired the modders and bought the rights, as far as I know, in both cases, they didn't steal anything.

2016-08-11 12:00

Valve didn't construct cs or dota out of thin air, both games were kicking around in one form or another and they lucked out acquiring them. They've made absolutely insane single player games, without a doubt top 10 material but it's quite clear they don't know their arse from their elbow when it comes to competitive gaming. As the last 15 years have shown?! Are you arguing otherwise??????

2016-08-11 12:15

1 reply

rights for dota? :D

2016-08-11 12:29

So this year's largest event will be WESG by Alibaba, champion will get 800,000 dollars in December

2016-08-11 04:26

USA Killed the major system. R.I.P.

2016-08-11 01:01

6 replies

What? How did having a major in the US change anything?

2016-08-11 01:18

4 replies

If something out of the ordinary happens we point fingers at the usual suspects, you know. FUCK USA!!! BOYCOTT ALL NA TEAMS EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS WHATSOEVER!!!

2016-08-11 01:30

1 reply

Na teams have been boycotted since beginning of csgo pro scene. Only explanation

2016-08-11 03:41

USA killed the major hype... now that the monkeys are winning, everybody is so.. meeh just another major, i-m just gonna leave my viewbot to get a case.. and thats it thanks mlg for ruining CS katowice 2016 was waaaaaaaaay more interesting

2016-08-11 06:56

1 reply

Katowice might be the best event this year

2016-08-11 07:54

or atleast made it the most annoying thing to watch.

2016-08-13 12:08

too long

2016-08-11 01:00

2 replies

Hope navi will win

2016-08-11 07:46

1 reply

ez navi with s1mple bestest team also ezence

2016-08-11 18:39

nicE

2016-08-11 01:00

why

2016-08-11 00:59

8 replies

Really, 6 months for next major... sry for replying, I like this spot here =]

2016-08-11 04:57

7 replies

that's good... too many majors make the game boring. there needs to be more time inbetween to make the tourney bigger and create more hype and excitement. imagine the football world cup was every year instead of every 4 years, it wouldn't nearly be as big and prestigious and not so many people would care.

2016-08-11 11:19

6 replies

+1. Works quite well with The International. Why not with CS then!

2016-08-11 12:14

2 replies

yeah but you can't compare international with majors of csgo .. pricepool , arena , ... :)

2016-08-11 14:45

1 reply

indeed, but why not aiming for something close to it? With one major a year, why not making it very big? It won't be as big as TI, but still :P

2016-08-11 15:06

No, it's not good. The potential skill ceiling is lowered with long breaks between majors. I'd rather they removed some online games that doesn't bring the best out of every team. You can't compare it to world cup.. Players have their leagues, CL/EL, cups etc. and in between many national games (qualifications) and Continental Cups (America, Euro etc.). With other words, football players needs to perform at the very best every time, CS players doesn't.

2016-08-11 17:09

2 replies

rather the opposite. skill ceiling increases because these breaks give teams the opportunity to work on themselves and their team. a cluttered schedule is counterproductive. teams need time for improvement and innovation. and as said already, fewer tournaments make the whole thing more interesting and prestigious.

2016-08-11 17:22

1 reply

I'd agree with you if the teams took advantage of these opportunities, but they don't. With a major in January 2017 most teams will start prac in december 2016. Right now they'll keep playing default setups and tweak few of their strategies and use that, nothing innovative. And that, imo, is lowering skill ceiling. We don't see the big creative changes we used to 1.6. Most teams depends on raw skill atm. At least, that's my observation.

2016-08-11 18:30

what!?!

2016-08-11 00:59

nice

2016-08-11 00:59

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :(

2016-08-11 00:59

OMG FINALLY NO MORE BORING MAJORS

2016-08-11 00:59

25 replies

which major was boring?

2016-08-11 01:16

24 replies

Cluj's crowd was pretty lackluster

2016-08-11 01:18

19 replies

Still there were pretty Good games

2016-08-11 01:38

18 replies

Not really

2016-08-11 02:25

17 replies

You forgetting FaZe vs nV? That match was fire!

2016-08-11 03:07

16 replies

yeah but that series was the only memorable one i reckon

2016-08-11 03:41

15 replies

Not really NiP had a good series against TSM and VP vs FaZe (G2 back then) was really close too.

2016-08-11 05:43

14 replies

yup nip played like gods against tsm vp vs faze was awesome envy vs faze had that killer overtime on the 3rd map etc tell me one good match from cologne2016.... they were all crap

2016-08-11 08:31

13 replies

What? Nip - flipside vp-sk fnatic-liquid navi-liquid. And this is is only playoffs

2016-08-11 09:03

12 replies

+1 And the results of these matches made me happy af

2016-08-11 09:28

cencerous matches... sorry kiddo, i stopped watching cologne2016 after liquid and sk got into the semis... cs:go is proving to be dumber after each update and major pro players like baiting hiko or kamikaze p1mple make this game dumb as phuck and cheaters like fallen, coldzera or vac banned fnx make it even worse i belive 2016 is the year i`ll stop following the CS scene, after 15 years of watching the players and the important matches

2016-08-11 12:00

10 replies

Ok bye

2016-08-11 12:02

7 replies

go make me a pizza pronto !!!

2016-08-11 12:15

6 replies

Ok bye

2016-08-11 12:17

5 replies

i see ok bye but i don`t see a pizza... back to the kitchen ragazzo

2016-08-11 12:44

4 replies

You are the worst troll ive ever met in my last 5 years in the internet

2016-08-11 13:51

3 replies

still replying and no pizza dude u are the worst italian fakeflagger ive ever met in my last 5 years in the internet

2016-08-11 15:29

2 replies

You are trying too hard. Just get lost.

2016-08-11 19:59

1 reply

favelas talking... dude at least change your flag if you want to be credible or not laught at :D

2016-08-12 06:31

do that, i really thank you

2016-08-11 15:44

Cheaters Xdddd These people jeez

2016-08-11 15:54

The recent ones didn't feel special at all, too many events going on

2016-08-11 06:46

3 replies

Agreed Kato 2014 forever in my heart <3

2016-08-11 09:21

2 replies

People always say that ESL One cologne has the best events, katowice has the best ones because the crowd is the best.

2016-08-11 14:36

1 reply

Man I know I'm showing how new I am but that was the first event I ever watched and why I fell in love with Dennis and LGB <3 Either way since then I've probs watched 10k hours plus of CS (mainly T3 cuz its fun af to watch)

2016-08-11 22:33

boring :(

2016-08-11 00:59

nice

2016-08-11 01:00

RIPXDDDDDDDDDDDD

2016-08-11 01:00

good, it's getting too boring

2016-08-11 01:00

4 replies

it's just cuz skins market went down hill, now valve don't want to invest in cs go anymore cuz RIP CS GO LUL

2016-08-11 01:06

3 replies

youre retarded

2016-08-11 03:57

2 replies

did u born that way? i aren't think that

2016-08-11 05:55

1 reply

How do you bait him so hard with such a shit bait

2016-08-11 09:04

nuuuu

2016-08-11 01:00

rip

2016-08-11 01:00

1 reply

ence the uk esports org

2016-08-11 11:37

nice

2016-08-11 01:00

rip CSGO 2012-2016

2016-08-11 01:00

8 accs watching 14 streams +gotv give me drops men))

2016-08-11 01:00

wtf

2016-08-11 01:00

fair enough :)

2016-08-11 01:00

WTF... why the hell no major in november... Gaben please stop hating CS.

2016-08-11 01:00

Okk

2016-08-11 01:00

ESWC LUL

2016-08-11 01:00

Too slow

2016-08-11 01:01

Ez for ence

2016-08-11 01:01

SK cant get 3 majors in a year now... Thanks Lord.GabeN ¬¬

2016-08-11 01:01

6 replies

lol, expected from BR

2016-08-11 01:09

They wouldn't have anyways, I doubt that after fer returns that they get back their past form. Same like when Olof got injured. SK down to third or fourth best team incoming IMO

2016-08-11 02:04

3 replies

olof injury affected his game directly, fers doesn't. Also, fer already won 2 majors with this shit and if he does the surgery he will only get better.

2016-08-11 02:19

1 reply

What I mean is that the team as a whole won't recover from his absence for so long and when he comes back they won't be able to regain past form.

2016-08-11 12:55

Olof was the best paleyr in team, fer is not.

2016-08-11 06:15

yeah, this is bull :(

2016-08-11 04:03

Majors will come back as soon as sk are back

2016-08-11 01:01

2017???? Wtf

2016-08-11 01:01

No DH winter? FeelsBadMan

2016-08-11 01:01

3 replies

There will probably be a DH Winter, but not a major just like a year, its sad, I always liked DH Winter as a major, but well, its Valve..

2016-08-11 01:40

I had hope to have DHW as a major this year, reading this gets my heart broken

2016-08-11 02:40

1 reply

I like to snuggle up next to my TV with my fleshlight and a bag full of hamburgers watching CS while it snows. :(

2016-08-11 23:25

It didn't have to be like this. Another major could be held later in the year, so it would not be boring and there would still be 3 majors. This announcement sucked.

2016-08-11 01:02

fuck sake, but this might take viewership out of the game, having to wait so long for the next major but then in turn could be a huge viewing hit since its been so long..

2016-08-11 01:02

Its could be a CSGO The International in next year with 2 major + 1 TICSGO now?-

2016-08-11 01:02

why?????????

2016-08-11 01:03

C'mon..............

2016-08-11 01:05

WHYYYY

2016-08-11 01:06

as long as we get one i dont mind, its just january is normally holidays for playas

2016-08-11 01:07

omg. Rip csgo / major

2016-08-11 01:08

rip

2016-08-11 01:08

izii 250k prize pool CS:GO major split between 32x teams in 2017 meanwhile dota2=X majors all with 5mln+ and 1x TI with 20mln+

2016-08-11 01:08

1 reply

Lol doubt they go back to 250k, u high bruh?

2016-08-11 03:14

Typical back stabbing valve

2016-08-11 01:08

what a bummer

2016-08-11 01:08

2 a year would be fine as long as they do them in scheduled intervals (mid and end year preferably although obviously not the case here) and make them bigger as in full week, 16 team all bo3 with bo5 final and at least 2mil prize pool. if they keep the format and prize pool the same and just randomly throw in two a year i feel thats just a downgrade

2016-08-11 01:08

2 replies

+1 It sucks to have a major in April, then another in July, while then having to wait for 6 months for the next.

2016-08-11 11:46

Day 1 : Group A, 2 BO3 matches (team 1 vs team 2 and team 3 vs team 4 games) + Group B 2 BO3 matches Day 2 same thing for Group C and D Day 3 : losers' games (BO3) for every group (4*BO3) Day 4 : winners' games (BO3) for evey group (4*BO3) Day 5 : deciders games (BO3) for every group (4*BO3) Day 6 : quarter finals (4*BO3) Day 7 : semi finals (2*BO5) Day 8 : final (BO7). Now that's a real major, now the hype is real :)

2016-08-11 21:22

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2016-08-11 01:10

4 replies

lmaoo

2016-08-11 01:40

kkkkkkkk

2016-08-11 02:31

Keepo

2016-08-11 09:59

HALF LIFE 3

2016-08-11 10:19

Is it really hard to make 3 majors in a year? (march, july, november)

2016-08-11 01:11

1 reply

no hype lul

2016-08-11 01:21

RIP

2016-08-11 01:11

Pls no USA, I want to see the teams in their full rosters and watch the games before 1 am.

2016-08-11 01:12

3 replies

2016-08-11 01:21

Yes pls

2016-08-11 01:55

2016-08-11 08:32

EZ4ENCE

2016-08-11 01:13

Did they forget about DHW?! This is so bad 6 months in between the majors wtf!

2016-08-11 01:15

11 replies

They aren't attaching majors to other events anymore. You can only get so big a live audience in a convention centre

2016-08-11 01:37

10 replies

Yeah but DHW has a tradition, it's not a one off tournament like Colombus

2016-08-11 01:39

9 replies

But last year DHW wasn't a major also

2016-08-11 01:42

8 replies

Yeah cause it was in Romania, I wanted to make an all DHW souvenir shotgun covered in stickers from DHW, oh well what can I do.

2016-08-11 01:44

7 replies

:( its life men, maybe next year DHW will be a major again

2016-08-11 01:48

Fair enough, but we have that with cologne and it's much better to have a venue all to your self, you can be more creative with production and format. Also DHW had other games there, so a tournament that is meant to be a "world championship" shouldn't be sharing a stage with other games

2016-08-11 01:50

5 replies

Doesn't matter how many games you have at a venue, if you have a big budget for CS:GO. Actually I wanted to visit DHW because it's still a true LAN at heart, maybe get into a BYOC tournament for fun, I don't want for csgo to get so disconnected like real sports, where you can't ever play with the superstars, here you have a chance to meet them have a chat and stuff and still be their fan.

2016-08-11 02:14

4 replies

Do you seriously think you can fit 14,000+ people to watch one game at a ordinary DW. Also you can meet the players at these other events as well, there are meet ups and signings at all big events

2016-08-11 02:20

3 replies

Look, DHW is a great event and the CS event was one of the stand outs of 2015 but I don't think it should be a major, a major should have the best production, crowd, format and location possible

2016-08-11 02:23

Do you seriously think that 14,000 people are gonna come to Jonkoping just to watch CS? It's not about filling half of a stadium you know, it's about having a good time, and what's better for that? A Lan for everyone with a few tournaments and other stuff or just watching CS for 8 hours over the weekend?

2016-08-11 02:26

1 reply

This is just the point, did you watch cologne, on the final day the place was full. You are stuck in 2014, people do come out and watch. What it is about is putting on the best looking show possible so more people are interested, more people put money in, and 2/3000 crammed into a convention hall doesn't cut it for what's meant to be one of the biggest events of the year

2016-08-11 02:34

"MLG have already stated they have the stadium ready to repeat this year's Columbus event." oh fuck yeah mlg is going to bring another major to columbus. thank fuck. glad they're keeping it in columbus instead of putting it in another state so i can go again :D

2016-08-11 01:18

7 replies

get in the car and drive

2016-08-11 01:21

6 replies

if it was in new york or chicago or something i might drive there, but beyond that fuck that. as it is now i don't even have to pay for a hotel. i can just drive to the major and back to my house each day. i'm not about to do some 16 hour drive down to florida or some shit

2016-08-11 01:26

3 replies

I always thought domestic flights in the US were quite cheap if booked in advance, is this true? Merely interested because I wouldn't mind travelling around there one day

2016-08-11 01:29

2 replies

yeah they're pretty cheap, sometimes even if you don't plan that much in advance you can get cheap flights because there's still a lot of room left on the plane that they need to fill. for example i could grab a round trip ticket to get from ohio to florida on a plane that leaves in a week for about $90. not bad considering it's over 1000 miles away

2016-08-11 01:35

a lot of the times theyre like 200 quid

2016-08-11 03:42

2016-08-11 01:44

1 reply

Wrong comment sorry

2016-08-11 01:47

In fact i prefer 2 majors per year than 3. In the end of the day there are so many other great tours all over the place to fill the gap. I hope Valve keep it 2 per year.

2016-08-11 01:20

14 replies

+1 1 usa 1 eu major per year with a 6 month gap between. preferably dh and mlg hosts, too.

2016-08-11 01:28

12 replies

-MLG +ESL Katowice its good then

2016-08-11 01:29

9 replies

2 eu majors? its bad then

2016-08-11 01:30

8 replies

sorry dude but i've never enjoyed the major in usa. katowice and winter are the heart of csgo majors

2016-08-11 01:31

7 replies

production value of mlg was much better than the other majors. also didn't have to wake up at like 4 am just to watch the major.

2016-08-11 01:37

4 replies

the reason of i dont like the american major is the american crowd, i know they are hyped but they werent like the true csgo fans. same happened on eleague, it just never amazes and hypes me :S

2016-08-11 01:39

2 replies

lol what was wrong with the crowd?

2016-08-11 01:41

1 reply

i'd take the eu crowd instead of these "woo wooh" people

2016-08-11 01:45

lol same with na majors for eu viewers and because eu has the bigger scene and bigger fanbase majors should be eu only

2016-08-11 15:23

2016-08-11 01:44

the perfect rotation would be between Kato, DHW and Cologne... not fucking US where the rest of the world(I mean, not the Americas) have to stay up till like 5am to watch their teams, or even later

2016-08-11 01:54

-1 no more majors in USA, they are cancerous

2016-08-11 08:32

No, 1 in Sweden and 1 in North, South America, Asia, Africa etc with a 6 months gap

2016-08-11 13:16

2 is good enough. But 3, America, Eu and Asia would be nice too.

2016-08-11 04:20

LUL

2016-08-11 01:20

very poor decision imo

2016-08-11 01:20

3 replies

No this is fantastic, 2 Majors per year is amazing!

2016-08-11 01:23

2 replies

I actually agree, it is just a shame that we had two majors in semi-quick succession at the start of the year and have a longer wait until the next, but I suppose if they are going for 2 a year they have to reset somewhere

2016-08-11 01:28

2 majors per year can be good, but not with the first one in march and the second one in early july.

2016-08-11 12:36

Are you fucking kidding me?

2016-08-11 01:23

They should have a third this year in november/december instead. They just removed it cuz they know they will get less viewers now when all the bettors are disappearing.

2016-08-11 01:28

5 replies

So bettors coming back in 2017? Nice.

2016-08-11 01:36

2 replies

No but valve will now have 2 majors each year for 2-3 years then 1 major each year then cs go dead.

2016-08-11 01:40

1 reply

:DDD rofl.

2016-08-11 05:33

still has more views than the Ti

2016-08-11 01:37

1 reply

You're delusional. Last year's TI final had 4.5 million concurrent viewers. But nt.

2016-08-11 11:50

Didn't HeatoN say something like: "We will win a major this year" riiiiiip

2016-08-11 01:31

January, best month of the year if you want a mediocre major.

2016-08-11 01:31

only 2 majors this year then , weird decision...

2016-08-11 01:35

Meh, rip CS GO [*] good old 2014-2015 days when we had good events almost every week and 3 majors a year, never 4get <3

2016-08-11 01:37

3 replies

Yeah it's stupid, like have a major at the start and end of the year and have a TI like tournament in the middle. Or keep the same system of 3 majors per ye.

2016-08-11 01:41

2016-08-11 02:46

2015 summer was memorable, best shit ever. Also i really enjoyed dreamhack winter 2014

2016-08-11 21:04

>Valve >3 Pick one

2016-08-11 01:41

We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL!

2016-08-11 01:43

CSGO need a Ti organized entirely by Valve

2016-08-11 01:44

i'm... i'm so sad =(

2016-08-11 01:45

WYTYFYYYY

2016-08-11 01:48

nice

2016-08-11 01:49

WTF

2016-08-11 01:49

MAKE BEYOND THE SUMMIT A MAJOR Cx

2016-08-11 01:50

eswc should be next major eswc is history of cs, and good date (october) and place.

2016-08-11 01:51

1 reply

2016-08-11 03:40

why not ? plebs

2016-08-11 01:53

Maybe 1 milion $ for winner next year? hopefully yes

2016-08-11 01:53

The only reason I see 2 majors a year being good is if: A - Prizepool goes up; B - One major at like, February, one in late November, AND an International in June, organized ENTIRELY by Volvo;

2016-08-11 01:58

3 replies

2016-08-11 02:33

Or maybe they decided to have a big update soon and want to let teams adjust ? :D Plz volvo

2016-08-11 04:18

1 reply

who knows what that beard-fat-GOD guy is doing there?

2016-08-11 22:10

Would be interesting if Eleague were to host the next major and televised it.

2016-08-11 02:00

ESL will be, still the most powerful org.

2016-08-11 02:03

thanks to all the pussies that complains about oversaturation

2016-08-11 02:06

too bad views gonna drop like fucking crazy r e k t

2016-08-11 02:09

gg cs. 2 major in year...

2016-08-11 02:10

WHYYYY? So boring!!! Fak you Gaben

2016-08-11 02:14

It's a big update (source 2) on its way thats why there is no major anymore ;)

2016-08-11 02:15

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this

2016-08-11 08:53

lets hope, but with that they will probably release new cs with source 2

2016-08-11 09:20

same was on my mind...

2016-08-11 13:26

2016 BR year in cs =] br won all the majors, gg ez take care =*

2016-08-11 02:15

meh, without betting, I wonder how big the views will be. Personally, for me, I don't watch as much

2016-08-11 02:21

1 reply

Good

2016-08-11 09:53

not surprised, since gambling is banned, less ppl will now watch cs, also maybe less ppl to attend majors, less money, so ya

2016-08-11 02:24

Fuck! I expected that this tournament in November ;((((((((

2016-08-11 02:33

+1 for it to be in Australia.

2016-08-11 02:45

COME TO BRAZIL

2016-08-11 03:12

Welp, not like it is so long to that, I think good idea to not have too many of these events...

2016-08-11 03:12

games dying

2016-08-11 03:26

NOOO...

2016-08-11 03:28

Bad updates in the game and now this.... Something is going wrong.... And gaben never go into a CS GO Championship :( #NoMoreCasesThisYear.

2016-08-11 03:43

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100% new case and knife coming, maybe even operation. new knife leaked tomahawk new maps leeked and they suck no idea about the new case

2016-08-11 04:28

Nice

2016-08-11 03:49

they just confirmed that cs:go is dieing... :S

2016-08-11 04:42

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Or maybe they realized the over saturation of CS:GO events might actually hurt it? Hard to get excited when there are events all the time.

2016-08-11 22:07

Last major. RIP CS:GO [*]

2016-08-11 04:46

EZ4ESWC

2016-08-11 04:53

I hope it will be in sweden, will have a decent crowd then, and i could also go probably :p

2016-08-11 05:06

CS DEAD GAEM

2016-08-11 05:10

Alibaba to host next major?? *correction: mixBOT

2016-08-11 05:27

nice

2016-08-11 05:27

OMG...

2016-08-11 06:09

might be just me but does any one see inferno being redone and brought back prior to major? Maybe giving some extra time to the pros cause nuke has been some what of a disaster really in the pro scene

2016-08-11 06:23

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They'll either need to remove 1 map from the Active Pool or add another one along with Infernew.

2016-08-11 07:18

take which map out? not Dust2 because it's a classic, I don't think they'll take Nuke out(it's something like their newly puppy, alongside train)...

2016-08-11 22:13

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I would say either cache or Dust 2 goes and my money is on Dust 2. I know its a classic and all but a few things y it should go. One its stagnant their is nothing new teams do and its the same game over and over again. Two Cobble, overpass, train, and nuke have already gone under major changes. Three values never does what anyone things is rational when it comes to game play and the map pool.

2016-08-12 13:08

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And Four> I don't think they'd drop Mirage out, so money's on Cache and D2

2016-08-12 21:21

Well it was good while it lasted lads

2016-08-11 06:33

Rip csgo

2016-08-11 06:43

I want to see Starladder major!

2016-08-11 07:17

wtf only 2 majors this year its fucked up:(

2016-08-11 07:22

I hope no more majors will be held in the US. Columbus was a nice event, but it should take place somewhere where people can actually get an entrance permission without problems.

2016-08-11 07:36

starladder major confirmed!

2016-08-11 07:37

do it a major in Turkey

2016-08-11 07:49

-No Half-Life 3 -No Left for Dead 3 -No Portal 3 -now they dont want to organize a third major and in the future it will stay like that..... Conclusion=== Valve hates number 3!!! STOP DISCRIMINATION!!!

2016-08-11 08:10

1 reply

Wow dude you got them 2014 memes

2016-08-11 09:51

PLEASE BE IN NA! IF ITS DURING MY WINTER BREAK I CAN GO PLSSSSSSSSS VALVE

2016-08-11 08:45

2 replies

Did you even read na boy?

2016-08-11 09:50

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I'm hoping it will be in NA. They said location was undetermined yet.

2016-08-11 19:23

Ez fnatic. Heard it here first. SK no chance.

2016-08-11 08:53

probably will be hosted somewhere in asia

2016-08-11 09:40

LETS GO The International LETS GO

2016-08-11 10:21

Bring back DHW.

2016-08-11 10:28

Time to clean up all the cheaters and make CSGO good again :) A normal major without watching the blatant cheating from SK. A fresh start will be good..

2016-08-11 10:36

Great news! Now ENCE can win minor and get easy major spot for January EZ 4 ENCE just kidding L O L with bot xarte & juho-the-onliner theres no chance

2016-08-11 10:39

majors become less and less exciting over the years i remember katowice 2014 it was the major i have ever seen but now there is no excitiment because everybody know hacker sk will dominate it.people just watch because of the drops which is really sad

2016-08-11 10:46

that's good... too many majors make the game boring. there needs to be more time in between to make the tourney bigger and create more hype and excitement. imagine the football world cup was every year instead of every 4 years, it wouldn't nearly be as big and prestigious and not so many people would care. +1 for valve on this one

2016-08-11 11:20

Noooo... It better be a good one or else i fear that the scene is gonna die.

2016-08-11 11:23

lmao the hypocrisy of people on this website. people say that there are too many tournaments and then when Valve announces that the next major will be next year people say 'boring majors, boring scene. cs:go dead xd'. this is a good thing. the fact that we know about the next major already and that we have to wait until 2017 for it builds up a lot of hype for the next major. gj valve

2016-08-11 11:51

I find that real "Major" tournaments should be held twice a year and no more than that. This frequency would give teams enough time to prepare and raise their level, so they could show public and their rivals something new. About current tentative date, major in January would bring nothing more than just bad preparation level of teams due to Christmas, New Years Eve and other holidays.

2016-08-11 12:17

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2016-08-11 12:22

2016-08-11 12:52

+1 2 Majors is more than enough . In the end of the day , nowdays we have so many other tournaments aside Majors to look for , they filling easily the gap 3rd major might leave.

2016-08-11 14:52

this! valve logic to pick the worst month of the year to host a major :/

2016-08-11 15:48

Please not E-league

2016-08-11 13:06

It would be great if given to EPICENTER: since they can increase the price pool - both Valve and ESForce can pump money into it.

2016-08-11 13:29

Well, that could mean that meanwhile we'll have the CSGO TI. :D

2016-08-11 13:29

Katowice for major, still the best event this year to me and the audience was hype. Columbus pretty much sucked...

2016-08-11 13:58

holy shit we have summer '16 - that's a long time! I want source 2 at least in autumn. Sounds good, eh? Would be neat.

2016-08-11 14:00

sad to see SK become #1 team in 2016 :(( this is becz only 2 majors. fk valve

2016-08-11 14:08

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LOL. SK would have been #1 with even more margin if there was another major. They would have won it easily i guess. Fnatic is on a slump, NaVi was on a big slump (but maybe woth s1mple the team could perform again). Only VP and maybe G2 (if they had more consistency) could cause some problems to SK.

2016-08-11 21:07

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not if SK would have failed in group stages and someone from top 3 would've won all the rest of the tournaments including major :D

2016-08-12 15:14

Pro bans inc...

2016-08-11 14:12

I hope that this major will atend in Portugal!! It would be very cool!

2016-08-11 15:22

1 reply

One can dream huh :P

2016-08-11 16:00

i hope esl one cologne will keep being a major best major esl one cologne

2016-08-11 15:26

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+1 but i'd like to see major in sweden aswell cuz crowd

2016-08-11 16:34

Katowice 2017 plz

2016-08-11 16:55

So, can I just set things straight? Is CS:GO dying or growing?

2016-08-11 17:13

operation wolf incoming

2016-08-11 17:14

rip csgo no bets no viewers

2016-08-11 17:28

good, this major will be fkn hyped when it comes

2016-08-11 18:54

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this is exactly what I'm thinking. haven't really felt as hyped for a major as I did the first time I watched one so hopefully the 5 month break builds up hype, because there won't be a major for a while and especially because we know when the next major will be, giving time for hype to be built up surrounding the event

2016-08-11 20:25

none here got the idea that maybe valve wants every pro to play the next major on source2 engine? thats what came to my mind first i read this

2016-08-11 19:07

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that's what many people think, that valve may actually do something about cheating although we're talking about valve here, and that seems unlikely but I really hope that they crack down on the cheating problem soon

2016-08-11 20:21

i hate this one :s but at the same time it might improve the major system & give enough time to adapt to a patch that might be coming pre major?

2016-08-11 20:11

Big update/source 2 incoming for csgo I guess

2016-08-11 20:26

300 this is sparta!

2016-08-11 21:01

Only way Valve found to make sure SK wouldn't win 3 in the same year :)

2016-08-11 21:04

why

2016-08-11 23:20

Valve better make this wait worth it.

2016-08-12 02:38

Thanks finally don't have to watch boring tournament where almost 1/4 players cheating thanks Valve for not banning cheaters :) hope everyone stop watching CSGO. No control camera no trust bye. Never turn csgo on Twitch anymore.

2016-08-12 06:53

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nt china #2

2016-08-12 12:23

Rip SK 3-0 in one year. Dissapointing to see that we'll only have 2 majors this year and there's not a TI or anything like that...

2016-08-12 14:14

ez4ence

2016-08-12 16:31

Source 2 inc? Reddit confirmed

2016-08-13 00:36

Now that SKIN betting is no more , dont be surpised if majors end up 2 or even 1 per year.

2016-08-13 11:17